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Seeds of 60 cultivars of chickpea,Cicer arietinum, from three countries were dehulled and the ground cotyledons evaluated for composition of lipids and lipoxygenase. the average lipid contents of Iraqi-, Indian-and Canadian-grown samples were 5.3, 6.6 and 7.3%, respectively. While palmitic and stearic acids were uniformly about 9.3 and 1.5% of total fatty acids in the lipids, the proportions of oleic and linoleic acids varied from 36 and 50% for Iraqi samples to 17 and 68% for Canadian-grown samples, respectively. Linolenic acid values ranged from 2.1 to 4.5% of total fatty aids and, with lipoxygenase activities averaging one-half that of soybean, the potential for oxidative rancidity in chickpea flours was substantial, especially in northern-grown samples.
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Sosulski, F.W., Gadan, H.M. Variations in lipid composition among chickpea cultivars. J Am Oil Chem Soc 65, 369–372 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02663079
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